Gears of War: In the Trenches

Played my first online versus game last night with some classmates and random people that joined the game. Some very close games and a lot of chainsaws and curb-stomping. At one point a team member and I were down and we both got curbed. From then on they called it Couple Curbing...what-EVER! =p I did get one of them back with a pretty crazy kill. I forget the map but it had a river and some bridges set up. I was posted behind some short wall with a sniper after having spotted them. After waiting a few minutes I hear the sounds of a firefight behind me, so I turned and saw the guy I was looking for firing at the back of one of my team members with a shotgun. The guy on my team turns around to face the threat as I swing my sniper rifle around. I squeeze the L-Trigger to get aim and squeeze the trigger. I kid you not, it glided over my team member's shoulder and slams the baddie in the face, bringing him down. That kill won the game too!

One thing I noticed after playing a few games is that it takes a bit more strategy than your average run 'n gun shooter. At first we were disjointed and unsure of what we should do, which got us stomped repeatedly. After getting the hang of the map and talking with each other, it really evened out the playing field. We took cover, covered each other with blind fire, distracted our opponents. There wasn't any circle-strafing, bunny-hopping, one shot one kill stuff going on. IMO, it's kind of a cross between say games like Halo and GRAW. Right now, I can say that I like GoW a bit more than either of those other games. We'll see if it lasts as I get a few more games under my belt and finish up the campaign.

No this blog won't just be about Gears of War, I just got the game so I've been putting some time into it.

I'll eventually put up some topics of other things too.

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Gears of War: Release Day

Gears of War, the game that built an incredible amount of hype over the last few months. Enough so that I got swept into the frenzy. With growing anticipation, I awaited the release date. I didn't pre-order anything, I mean it's a game right? Who would need to pre-order a game?! Consoles I understand, but games...no way! Well yesterday I found out that the only way you can get the game on the 7th around here was if you pre-ordered....doH! I drove around to and checked out some of the major retailers and they weren't selling it till the 8th or so. I could wait till then...or could I?

After getting home from work, I did a bit of homework but the thought of owning Gears of War on release day kept intruding my thoughts. Smashing my any thoughts of homework the same way a train would t-bone a car. I picked up the phone and decided to give a few GameStops a call and see if they had any in. Surely if they did, they would probably be selling it only to pre-ordered copies so my homework was safe...for now. Well, they told me that they would have a few extra copies in and if I wanted one I'd have to come down and pay for it before truck gets there. So off I went and much to my surprise there was a line forming at the store. I rushed in and asked if I paid for it then, would I get a copy. They told me I would, so I happily paid for the game and took my happy, grinning ass to the back of the line, homework a distant thought...

I waited in line till about 8 o'clock and got myself a copy of Gears of War. Turns out I made it just in time as they ran out of copies a few people behind me. Rushed home and played about an hour or so of gaming goodness.

Long story short - I got Gears of War yesterday (and yes, I did finish up my homework)!

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